Library News for German Studies

Catalog Tab on Library Homepage Updated

The catalog tab in the search box on the Library website has been redesigned.  We've  provided radio buttons to select each catalog, arranged in order of increasing scope.  We've renamed the Catalog as the Discovery Catalog, and placed it second, as it is broader in scope than the Classic Catalog.   We've moved WorldCat onto the catalogs tab.  A "What is this searching?" link provides a summary description of each catalog's content. 

If you're looking for a know item (i.e. you know the title, author, etc.), it's best to use the Classic Catalog. Also, use the Classic Catalog to browse by subject heading. The Discovery Catalog is much broader and includes many digital resources. With the Discovery Catalog, you can quickly limit your search results by language, format, etc.

Please let Brian know what you think.

Don't sweat research problems or library questions! Ask Brian!

If you have research questions, library-related questions, or any book/DVD purchase suggestions, please contat me. I'm around for most of the summer. As always, I'm happy to meet with you in-person as well.

Brian (bvetruba@wustl.edu ; 935-4824 ; IM)

NOTE: I'll be gone from June 23-July 4. For immediate reference assistance during that time, please contact the Olin Help Desk: (314) 935-5410; ref@wumail.wustl.edu or via chat.  Feel free to continue to email me and I'll respond upon my return. 

Zotero 101 class--Thursday, June 16, 2011, 12noon-1pm--REGISTER NOW

This class meets Thursday, June 16th from 12noon-1pm in the Arc on level A in Olin Library. Registration required. Sign up here.

Zotero is a free, easy-to-use tool to help you collect, organize, cite, and share your research sources. It lives right where you do your work—in the web browser itself. We will cover account creation, installation, gathering references, organizing your references, creating citations and sharing or working collaboratively. For more info, see http://www.zotero.org/

Questions, ask Brian (bvetruba@wustl.edu ; 935-4824 ; IM)

Workshop--Paperless Reference Management with Mendeley, 4/6, 3:30-4:30--SIGN UP!

 

Paperless Reference Management with Mendeley

April 06, 2011

Olin Library Arc Lab

3:30 PM to 4:30 PM

To register, /http://mendeley.doattend.com

Do you have file cabinets of journal articles that you dread looking through when you need a citation? Consider going digital! Mendeley is like iTunes for your papers. Mendeley is a free reference manager and academic social network that can help you organize your research, collaborate with others online, and discover the latest research. Zotero can:

• Automatically generate bibliographies
• Highlight within and add digital notes to articles
• Collaborate easily with other researchers online
• Easily import papers from other research software
• Access your papers from anywhere online
• Read papers on the go, with our new iPhone app
• Automatically add references from Zotero
• For more info, see http://www.mendeley.com 

Automatic Alerts for New Books and Articles on a Topic or Person

The WU Libraries offer a number of alert services through our catalogs and databases. You can be alerted via email or RSS for new items by a particular author or on a particular subject or author. The alerts are quite easy to set up and can be easily modified.  

Why do this? You won't need to remember to do these. If something fits your search, you'll be notified AUTOMATICALLY.

Email alerts via the Classic Catalog  -- new items added to WU Catalog

RSS alerts via Catalog -- new items added to WU Catalog

Email or RSS alerts via MLA Int'l Bibliography -- new journal articles, books, book chapters added to the MLA Int'l Bib

I'll be more than happy to assist you in setting up these alerts. Contact me so we can set up a time. (Brian; 5-4824; via Chat)

Get New Title Alerts from the WU Catalog via RSS

Do you want to be automatically alerted when the Libraries add a title on a particular subject or author? Now, with the Catalog, you can be alerted via RSS.

After searching the Catalog click on at the top right of the screen.  You will then be given two options for feeds available.  The first link allows you to create a feed of all new items (books, electronic resources, DVDs, etc.) added to the Catalog.  The second option allows you to see all new items added to the Catalog that match the particular terms you searched.

You might be asking yourself, “What is RSS?”

Put simply, RSS is a format for easily sharing content on the web. For more detailed and technical information on the RSS format and uses, consult the RSS explanation page on Wikipedia.

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If  you prefer receiving these alerts via email, you can do that in the Classic Catalog.

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Please contact me (Brian) if you have questions or need assistance setting up these alerts.

New Course Guides for Fall 2010 semester

The following course guides are now available. This is a great starting place for your research and for completing class assignments. They include links to searches in the Catalog, reference articles, links to databases and more.

• HUM 313A The Legend of King Arthur in the Middle Ages
  
• GER 404 Germany Today 
• FILM 458/GER 490 Major Film Directors : Rainer Werner Fassbinder 
• GER 526: Literature of 19th Century: Crime, Violence, Community and the German Imaginary
• GER 527 War Stories: Representing Armed Conflict in 20th Century German Culture

Also, don't forget--there are a number of other research guides for interdisciplinary studies:

• Comparative Literature
• European Studies
• Holocaust Studies
• Medieval and Early Modern Studies
• Translation Studies

And we also have guides for language learning can help both you and your students

• Learning German
• Learning Swedish
• Second Language Acquisition

Not finding what you need, contact Brian.

Let Twitter find books, articles, and more for you in WorldCat!

If you're a Twitter user, you can now let Twitter search WorldCat.org for you. This a trial service developed by OCLC.

Just use the hashtag #ask4stuff followed by a few words as your search query and you will receive a tweet back with a URL to the results on WorldCat.org.

Here's an example tweet:
#Ask4Stuff postcolonial literature

And the reply:
A4S@ [Twitter username]  Books, Articles, and more on postcolonial literature in #Ask4Stuff, waiting for you at http://is.gd/dMuKK

To tweet a search query, you just need to post a tweet using #ask4stuff followed by the words you would otherwise enter into the search box: #ask4stuff "search query".

Even if you're not a Twitter user, you can view the tweets and replies by searching Twitter using the #ask4stuff hashtag.

More info on searching using #Ask4Stuff

Don't forget, you can keep up on the Libraries' happenings by following us: http://www.twitter.com/WUSTLlibraries

If you have questions, contact Brian (bvetruba@wustl.edu) or WU Libraries' Twitter Team (wulib-tw@wumail.wustl.edu)

NEW WU Catalog & Classic Catalog

The new WU Catalog has been launched this week. We've beta-tested it the past few months and made some changes. With the new WU Catalog you can:

• search for digital images, digital collections, library webpages and other items not in the Classic Catalog
• easily limit by year, language, format, publication year, subject, and more
• easily export records into RefWorks and Endnote.
• "Did you mean" prompting

We'll think you'll like the new Catalog. But the old catalog is still with us--renamed as Classic Catalog. You can always access it within the new WU Catalog. Use the Classic Catalog, when:

• you know exact title or author you're looking for
• searching by ISBN or call number
• want to browse subject or author entries

Do take a look at the new WU Catalog. You'll find many more relevant items.

Let me know if you have any questions about either the WU Catalog or the Classic Catalog.

Brian (bvetruba@wustl.edu ; 5-4824; http://libguides.wustl.edu/profile.php?uid=2787)

Whoa! New design for MOBIUS Catalog!

The interface of the MOBIUS Catalog has changed and now includes more search options.

• Genre index
• See holdings at MOBIUS libraries immediately
• Once you login, you stay logged in for whole session

• Advanced search options

• The MOBIUS request icon in middle of screen

As before, start your searches in the WU Catalog and then click on the "Search MOBIUS" icon

MOBIUS Catalog help screencasts: http://bit.ly/cpotTX

For questions, contact Brian (bvetruba@wustl.edu;  5-4824; chat: http://libguides.wustl.edu/profile.php?uid=2787)